Protests in Iran entered their sixth day on Friday, spreading to dozens of cities, including the Shia clerical bastion of Qom. Protesters raised slogans calling for the restoration of the Shah's rule,

Iran’s largest protests in three years erupted Monday after the country’s currency plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar, and the head of the Central Bank resigned.

Trump threatened Iran with unspecified consequences, saying Iran "may be behaving badly" and suggesting it was trying to rebuild nuclear sites after the U.S. struck three of them this year. “If it’s confirmed, look, there will be consequences," he said. "Consequences will be very powerful, maybe more powerful than last time.”

The Security Council convened earlier today for a packed agenda, adopting a resolution extending the authorisation of the African Union support mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) and hearing a briefing on Iran and the implementation of resolution 2231,